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A Southern California family was charged Tuesday by federal prosecutors with selling counterfeit erectile-dysfunction drugs, like Viagra and Cialis, online. John Gitmed, 52, his daughter Felicia Gitmed, 23, his nephew Anthony Pollino Jr., 36, all of Los Angeles, and Gitmed’s ex-wife Holly Gitmed, 38, of Riverbank, were indicted on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods, mail fraud and conspiracy. According to federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of California, between February 2012 and 2014, the family operated a business called California Confidence Company that listed “genuine” doses of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra online. The family...

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